The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-21 00:00:00

gneonttlemen of education—capable of everything, yet c able to do anything—men who could either sketch nolitioal portraits, or associate with the printer's devil_ (Laughter) —yet who for 34 weeks have not been SO fortunate as to procure any employment, though con stantly up ' on the tramp—like some of the characters des h sc e r s ihe ' d in the writings of the son of that excellent man who arPsared before you to. day as a witness.—(Mr. Har hee,enalluded to " Boz, " whose father, Mr. Dickens, had snore exa mined.) Gentlemen, is it possible for me to do tha n I h ave done? I bowed to the judgment of a j u ry,_ sees even to th e pre j u di ce o f my case ; f or t h oug h , i n t h e . of th e two young men, one of whom is admitted to be minor, and the other, it is admitted, may be one, I might eases supposed to h ave a b e t ter d e f ence t h an i n th e o th e r 0 '; et, by paying th e mone y i n t o C our t on th e v erdict G entlem en , M r . K nox told that his great object was to reporter s on my Paper wl o had acquired experience On M orning Papers. But was it so ? Did he so arrange the en gagements? Why, G en tl emen , t h ere were t h ree who had never.7.et been cn a Morning Paper—two of these being children. , Gentl emen, b y paying into Court the 521., at which the former Jury assessed the compensation, I am interdicted by esent pleadi ngs f rom d o i ng th a t j us tice to myself , idua h I co u ld ot h erw i se have o b ta i ned. W as ever an indi- I in such a helpless situation as I am, unless the Jury e inf_erfFre t o deliver me. Gentlemen, I ask you, is it rot n e of the boasted characteristics of our law, that no man alike he a witness in his own case? Is it not the boast „ se of Bench and Bar, and of Englishmen gene b'e"y, that this is the case ? But will any man who has s , i ,l r d or these witnesses say, that they are not substantially v s 'ng evidence in their own cause ? Mark the game that "a been played. First, Knox and Geary find me by my tshelef,aind confiding to them the duty of forming a corps of characte=r described. Let them say what they may— true or false —or exaggerated—or altered. so as to me et her their case—l have no means of contradiction. their e is nothing which they might not say to adapt it to be Purpose, and I cannot gainsay it, however far it may 0 ", from the truth. Now Mr. Knox told you that no man 2 en a t ny standing in the profession, would accept an engage for a less period than a Session. Yet, he also tells you that be engaged a gentleman whom he let go in a fortnight, a nd_ i th a t I k new nothing about it. So that any other of them might hav e gone at t h e en d o f a mon th ; an d when I came In settle with them and I asked—" Where is Byrne ? Where is Knox ? where is Ross?" who was described as A. 1 • on the Press.—" Oh, Sir, I have let him go." And so it ,r&ght have been with any other—with Geary himself— who might have been allowed by Knox to go on the same friendly concession. Gentlemen, is it to be maintained that an agreement shall be binding—so destructive to one party, so beneficial to the other, upon one party only? You are wished to believe that these persons have not been able to get any employment since they were dismissed. But I hop e my Lord will allow me, if it is consistent with his own sense of propriety, to refer to the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice, in his charge to the Jury, at Kingston ; that it is not to be supposed that these individuals, accomplished in their profession, and doubtless with good connections, ca pable of writing seductive sketches of persons most difficult to delineate, firsto•ate political characters, even if not employed as reporters, were in no condition to apply their literary accomplishments to some other pursuit." Gentle men, I shall not trouble you with any further remarks. 1 le ave my case entirely in your hands, calling upon you to delive r me from a flood of litigation, and entreating you not to permit the sanctuary of British justice to be perverted into a scene of legal exaction. At the conc l us i on o f M r. H arvey ' s a dd ress symp t oms o f a u, ta inclinati on t o app l au d were man if es t e d by th e a udience, , 13 were immedi a t e ly re p ress ed by the officer of the Court ; and _ Lord D ENMAN proceeded to d e li ver hi s c h arge . H e s ai d , " Gentlemen of the Jury, this is an action brought ° Y. William G eary aga i ns t M e . H ar vey for wrongfully dis missing him f rom th e s i tuat i on o f re p or ter to the True Sun, °n which he had been engaged by the defendant, that en gagement being from the 25th of November, 1837, to the end of December—that is the way in which the plaintiff states lie had b een wrong f u lly dismissed. Now, the de fendant d oes not deny the contract, nor d oes h e deny that wrongfully di sm i sse d p l a i n tiff. But he says that the da mage w sustai ne d b y plaintiff has been under the 52 /. 10 s. h l eb he has paid i n t o C ou rt. The plaintiff says that he has sustained damage to a much greater extent. It is for YOU to decide whether or not plaintiff is entitled to a greater a mount. If you think he is not, the defendant is entitled to Your verdict. If you think he is, you must consider to how meel' h e is entitled. Now, Gentlemen, the evidence is e stat es short, and goes quite to the point. Mr. Francis Pa per, the fact o f th e defendant being the proprietor of the and his object in establishing a corps of reporters of it Superior description to attend the early sittings of Parlia- Tent, and b e f ore th e Morning Papers came out to send 9wn th e repor t s into the country by post the same -i g h tt Mr. Knox was appointed to engage six gentlemen besides himself in order to conduct that enter prise ; and it seems that he engaged the plaintiff among O thers, at three guineas per week ; and it does not admit, think, of any reasonable doubt that these engagements are usually either sessional or annual ; therefore Mr. Har vey could hate no right to turn off any of these persona be fore th e end of the session, except for improper conduct on their part. Now there is no complaint as to the conduct or the plaintiff ; on the contrary, the defendant, it isproved, e xpressed l _ grea t sa ti s f ac tion at the exertions of the corps on : 1 "e openi ng of the session ; and I think the defendant ha s l o ne himself no wrong in admitting the contract , a n d the fact of the wrongful dismissal, leaving nothing for you to cia asider but the amount of damages to which plaintiff is en titled. It appears there have been two former actions brought on a contract of a similar nature, with regard to W hich it would be difficult not to pay some attention, , 91 _, o ugh of course y o u w ould not be justified in bringing yo ur I ll ugment on the opi n i o n of any set of men ; and it is for you Say, when this individual Geary was engaged on the 2 4) ,?th November, wh a t d a mages he has sustained by reason of his being wrongfully dismissed from the service of defen dant at a much earlier period than the close of the Session. with respect to other actions which have been or may e brought against the defendant, I must say the plaintiff 15 not to be d e p r i ve d o f an y r i g ht he may possess against the def en d ant, b y reason o f d e f en d an t having made himsel liable to other parties, for however large a sum, unfortu nately for himself. What then is the damage sustained by the plaintiff from the loss of his situation ? I cannot think it is Just to suppose that a person becomes utterly useless When dismissed from his employment as a reporter ; that his t ime is quite worthless ; that a gentleman of some literary Power, with some connection, should not be able to find any other pursuit ; and it strikes me that some allowance ought to be made for his being master of his own time, during the Period when, having been discharged by defendant, be was o f course at liberty. Gentlemen, there is one point to Which the defendant has not adverted, but to which I feel b ound to draw your attention. It is this—that the action was brought on the 10th of January , 1838, and the d amages which the plaintiff is now entitled to re cover are what he might have claimed on the 10th Ja nuary ; so you can only make the computation that the J ury would have made, who would have considered the c ase had it been tried on the very day when the action was brought. You will have now to make a conjectural cal culation of what was the damage which the plaintiff had Sustained on the 10th January, when the duration of the Session was uncertain, and you will judge to what extent it was reasonable then to suppose the Session would have extended, for it seems to me that from that period must Your verdict be calculated. And there might then have been a possibility of the Session lasting longer than it ac tually did ; and as the plaintiff took his chance for the larger compensation, he must also take his chance for the lesser estimate ; and you must consider which would then have been the most probable duration of the Session—the long er or the shorter period ; and whether there is any deduction or any addition to be made ; for if you think that the Session might then have been reasonably imagined to be likely to last from Nov., 1837, to N0v.,1838, you will be bound to give the plaintiff for the whole year ; but I cannot suppose you will do so. On the whole, you will say What remuneration the plaintiff is fairly entitled to. If You think 501. sufficient, the defendant having paid t h at 2, 1111 into C our t, th e re is an end of the case. If, on the other hand, you think that the plaintiff may reasonably expect something more than the 501., you will say to what extent your verdict ought to he increased beyond it. _ Th e J ury consu l te d f or a f ew minutes, and returned a verdict for the defendant. Th e Court was densely crowded during the trial, and on 48 conclusion a great number of persons followed Mr. Harvey out, and cheered him loudly till he entered his carriage. MILAN, DEC. S.-Our arrivals have been very limited for the last fortnight, most of the English nobility 4 .11€1 gentry have taken up their residence for the ensuing atx weeks in the south of Italy. Lord Monson left several days ago for Geneva, and Sir Charles Wolseley has left f or ~ sam e city. Lord Lowther was at Genoa a few days , b ; (e k• Lady Wood has arrived from Florence. The 12rand Duke of Russia has forwarded to Signor Bartolomeo the director of La Scala, a valuable brilliant ring, as 4 mark of resp e ct for the attention shown him during his °Yal Highness's sojourn in this city. Our much-esteemed and benevolent Member, Mr. Bailey, in addition to the fifty pounds which he annually present s to the Clergymen of our respective parishes for their distribution, ha t" ; this year placed in the hands of a c • °l"ornittee of his friends a noble gift which will be sufficient to regale on Ch r i s t mas -day upwards of a thousand poor s armhes w i t h an exce ll ent di nner ; besides affording a hand- Tne sum to be distributed among the different charities.— "orcester Paper, • MOH NVATER AT LONDON BRIDOE To-mortHOW. I:orning 42 minntes after 51 Evening 4 minutes after ti _ _ -- II) COUNTRY NEWS-AGENTS AND BOOKSELLERS. HETHERINGTON,GENERAL NEWS • AGENT and PUBLISHER, 126, STRAND, returns thanks to his Friends and Customers for their steady support during the past year. Observation and experience having enabled him to improve his arrangements so as to insure strict punctuality, he, at a period of the year when changes from various causes take place, confidently solicits Orders from the Trade in General for News papers, Books, Pamphlets, &c. of every description. That atten tion to business, which has hitherto given such general satisfaction to those who have intrusted him with their Orders, shall in no case be relaxed, but every improvement which experience may suggest to the advantage of his Customers shall be adopted with avidity. Terms—Cash, or a satisfactory Town reference. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 50 minutes past Three o' Clock. r ce- 3 „.„4,..‘, Wit- t.-f. 4 .!, - . ‘ -- . 't", :-.. , *=÷,- ,1 f, - -.7 33 ?, -'.:, _____l-; ,. ..ett•-•" e 4. -.-:•• ‹ , -.-_44C? ----,----- ,' ttiz-i-,:--, Z 1) WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1838. By the arrival of the Lord Melville packet at Fal mouth on Wednesday from Jamaica, whence she sailed on the 15th ult., we have received the Journals of that island to the date of her departure inclusive. They bring the important news that his Excellency S►r LIONEL SMITH, finding the House of As sembly as intractable this year as it was last, has been under the necessity of dissolv ing it on the very first day of the Session, (the 6th of Novensber,) in order to take the sense of the Electors upon the conduct of their Representatives. Sir LIONEL SMITH has a difficult task to perform, as unfortunately that portion of the community by which he is idolized, is without a voice in the Councils of the Island. The Planters know and feel that the freedom granted to the coloured race is yet imperfect—that the right of a participation in the Suffrage necessarily flows from the recognition of their social equality with the rest of her MAJESTY'S subjects by Parliament ; and, therefore, it is that they leave no means untried to render the concessions of the Imperial Legislature, and the good and benevolent intentions of the Gover nor, abortive. If, then, the call of the Governor be not properly responded to by the electors of Jamaica—and they are a too restricted, and a too self interested body to be greatly relied upon—it will be come the duty of the Imperial Parliament to re-modify a Constitution which the freedom of the coloured race has virtually rendered obsolete, as well as inoperative. We subjoin the proceedings from the Jamaica Jour nals : " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " On considering the many important measures called for by the present circumstances of the Colony, which the pre mature termination of your last session has left unprovided for, I have felt myself compelled, in the paramount discharge of my duty, to assemble you again for the despatch of public business. " I earnestly recommend to your attention the state in which the country will be placed on the expiration of the laws esta blishing a police—regulating the collection of the public taxes —and embracing many other objects deeply affecting the public welfare. " It will be my duty to lay before you various communica tions from her Majesty's Government, explanatory of the grounds upon which her Majesty, in the exercise of her pre rogative, has been pleased to disallow certain laws of the island, and carrying her Majesty's recommendation that pro vision should be made by the Colonial Legislatures for the in troduction of several measures of vital interest to all classes of her Majesty's subjects in Jamaica, amongst which are in cluded those having for their objects—the prevention of vagrancy—the better regulating the relative rights and duties of masters and servants in husbandry or other kinds of handi craft—the determining the qualifications of electors—the regu lation of a militia—and the preventing the unauthorised occu pation of land, belonging to the crown or private individuals. " In all these, and in every other measure calculated to promote the true interests of the colony, you will now, as ever, find me ready to afford my zealous co-operation." On the return of the house his Excellency's speech was re ferred to a Committee, consisting of Messrs. J. Allwood, March, Leslie, Barnett, Barclay, and Osborn. The House adjourned for half an hour, and having again met Mr. Allwood reported the following address, which was read and agreed to. Messrs. Hill, Lake, and Taylor, dis senting. " May it please your Excellency, " We thank your Excellency for your Speech at the open ing of the Session. " We feel, in common with your Excellency, the emergency in which the country may be placed by the expiration of the annual laws, and we also are well aware of the necessity which in our present state of society exists, that laws for the preven tion of vagrancy—for regulating the relative rights and duties of masters and servants—for determining the qualification of electors—for the regulation of the Militia, and for preventing the unauthorised occupation of lands, should be enacted, but we are keenly alive to the fact, that our Legislative rights have been violated : and so long as these rights continue to be in vaded, we feel ourselves compelled to adhere to our resolutions of last Session." At half-past five o'clock the House waited on his Excel lency, and presented the same, when he was pleased to make the following reply : Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly —lt is always my duty, and no less my inclination, to receive every communication from you with sincere respect; but I must express my regret at your reply to the Speech with which I opened the present Session." Immediately upon the above being read at the table, the pro vost marshal general appeared at the bar, and summoned the house to attend in the council chamber, when his Excellency was pleased to dissolve the House in . the following speech : Ba," Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " It is with unfeigned regret I have to inform you that al though the House of Assembly have acknowledged the emer gency in which the country may be placed by the expiration of the annual laws, and have expressed themselves aware of the necessity which, in the present state of society, exists for the enactment of laws providing for those important objects which I pressed on your attention at the opening of this Session ; that body still adheres to the determination which compelled me to bring the last Session to a close. " So little can I reconcile this determination with the true interests of the colony, and hopeless as I am of any change in the sentiments of the present representatives of the people, I have reluctantly resolved on taking the sense of the consti tuency, and, therefore, in the exercise of the prerogative vested in me, I do now, in her Majesty's name, dissolve this General Assembly, and it is hereby dissolved accordingly." In the report which appeared in The Sun yesterday of the meeting of the Working Men's Association, two facts were mentioned, which are, we think, especially worthy of the attention of Ministers, and the rich Aristocracy generally. " The people of Lon don, said Mr. O'CoNNoR, were apathetic be cause they were better off than their brethren in the North." That is the first fact, and it is we believe eminently true, and extends not merely to the people of London, but to all persons who come immediately into contact with the opulent tax and tithe devouring Aristocracy. Their immediate tradesmen, servants, and dependents are well off, they only grumble and growl in the ordinary way, and therefore the tax and tithe devouring Aristocracy, who do not look beyond their immediate circle, know nothing of the deep distress of the bulk of the labouring classes, and the intense feelings of discontent and hatred which they nourish. A similar remark may, it is apprehended, be ex tended to most of the persons connected with the Press. Newspapers are a sort of luxury. At least they are not so indispensable as food ; and the buyers of Newspapers are as a rule, therefore, never in the last stage of distress. This is still more appli cable to the daily than to the weekly Papers ; they are mainly supported by the opulent classes, in a great measure even by the tithe and tax devouring Aristocracy ; their conductors do not experience any thing of the sufferings of the lower classes, and they, it is to be apprehended, form their opinions of the whole society, from the apa thetic and comparatively well fed Londoner, to the exclusion of the bulk of the starving multitudes in the provinces. This may turn out to be a fatal mistake, for the suffering of those multitudes, are the pa- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1838, rents of their political opinions ; and while the Press and the Parliament, suppose that the whole society is as calm and contented as their immediate connec tions, they are possibly reposing on a volcano which a very slight additional pressure may excite into an overwhelming eruption. Under that aspect, the second fact stated by Mr. lIARTwELL, as follows, is of vast importance : " Ile had recently been in the west of England, and the scenes which he had witnessed among the agricultural labourers was most distressing ; they were enough to make one swear that a system which produced so much misery should at once be destroyed. The average rate of wages in the districts he had visited did not exceed 7s. a week—(Groans)—yet ti.e farmer charged the poor man 9s. 6d. a bushel for his flour. The consequence was that the labouring man was reduced to live upon potatoes and salt, and to drink warm water coloured with the raspings of bread.—( Cries of shame.) At the same time the labourers were enthusiastic in the support they gave the Charter. He had a meeting on Charlton Down, and notwith standing all the means used to deter the men from attending —notwithstanding the threats and the actual tyranny exercised over the poor men, there was a glorious meeting held, at which the Charter and the Petition were unanimously adopted. —( Cheers.) In East Suffolk, there was to be a meeting held on Wednesday, for the same purpose, and he had not the slightest doubt, with the same result. While he was in the country, he had several applications from Hampshire, Gloucestershire, and other places, praying the Association to send down delegates soon if they could not now.—(Cheers.)" The Chartists, then, have found footing amongst the agricultural labourers who have 7s. per week, and pay 9s. 6d. a bushel for flour—who live on potatoes and salt, and drink warm water coloured with the charred raspings of bread. The public safety, with a population in such a condition, must arise from all energy being starved out of th e wretched and humbled beings. All which they have left must grow into inextinguishable hatred of the persons and institutions whom they regard as the causes of their sufferings. The perpetual coercion of the great majority of the population is, however, wholly impossible ; and a day must come, unless these suffering men can be actually starved out of existence— which, on MACHIAVELLI'S well known pin ciples, must now be the object of their op pressors—when their inextinguishable hatred will bear all before it, and sweep all opposition into one common ruin. Possibly that time may be hastened by their knowledge that the Legislature has reduced them to that pass, that the contest to obtain political rights is a contest for life and comfort, or death through the lingering process of cold and star vation. But supposing Mr. HA RTWELL'S picture and our copy to be overcharged, it will not be denied that his representation had a powerful effect, even on the apa thetic landowners, and will have a still more power ful effect on the suffering classes of the North, when they read it, and trace in it the resemblance to their own condition. Supposing even it be not true, such representations, being uncontradicted, must inflame the minds of the industrious classes, and bring about those evils we have adverted to. The Attorney-General is a very able advocate, and probably speaks no more than is set down in his brief. We cannot, therefore, say that be was the au thor of the false assertion he yesterday made in the cause GEARY V. HARVEY., that The Sun gave the Parlia mentary debates to a much shorter extent than the True Sun when it was in existence. The reverse is the fact, and the gentlemen who so instructed the Learned Attorney-General must know that they gave him very erroneous information. We are far from disputing the great accuracy and the extent of the True Sun reports, but the success of The Sun in opposition to it, is a decisive proof that our reports were not less accurate and less extensive than those of our Contemporary. If they were so, why did not the public patronise Mr. KNOX and his corps of reporters, and neglect us? instead of which the True Sun's circulation, as we are informed, fell off consider ably as compared to the corresponding period of the year before, notwithstanding its extraordinary corps of most experienced reporters, while that of The Sun increased considerably. In fact, it is altogether an error to assert that The Sun, which first began the system of reporting the debates in Parliament the same evening, ever stood behind the True Sun in the extent of its reports. The truth is, that the True Sun followed in the path of The Sun, and faili ng in its endeavours to surpass that Journal, w as at length incorporated with The Sun. In the result of the trial we cannot but express our cordial approbation ; indeed the enthusiastic applause with which Mr. HARVEY was welcomed on leaving the Court, showed how deeply the public sympa thised in his triumph. The persecution to which he had been subjected reflects little honour on the cha racter of the Press, which has hitherto been remark able for the gentlemanly delicacy and mutual good feeling subsisting between all parties concerned in its various departments. An attempt was made on Tuesday last by the Tories of Birmingham, to get up a diversion in favour of the party in that quarter. It appears from the statement of the person who plays the part of Secretary, that about three or four years ago, it was thought expedient to establish a Toty Society in Birmingham —as a counterpoise, no doubt, to the Political Union—and, as Tuesday was the anniversary of this important event, it was deemed advisable to have a " blow out," on something of a grand scale. This was the more necessary, as the prospects of the faction are at pre sent more dismal than they have been for many years, and the zeal of many, it is feared, is waxing cold. It was also found indispensable, that there should be pro vided a lion of sufficient attraction to secure a decent attendance of the members. This was the most diffi cult part of the business, and for a long time it seemed to baffle the efforts of the Association. At last a happy thought flashed across the brain of one of the leading members, who hinted, that as they could not procure a real lion, they might make an ass in a lion's hide answer their purpose. The Birmingham Tories, he observed, were not remarkable fordiscrimination, and he had not the least doubt, that the trick would not be found out. This proposal was received with acclama tion, and the Secretary instructed to look out for a duly qualified animal—a task which he executed to admir ation. The principal proceedings of the Association were confined to the dinner table. There the Tories never fail to act their part well. They contrived, it seems— how, we know not—to get possession of the Town hall for the celebration of their orgies, and assembled in that place, to the number—if we are to believe their organs—of several hundred persons. The Tories, how. ever, have a wonderful faculty for multiplication—on paper. The Hall was decorated most appropriately. At one end there was the Crown surmounted by the Mitre, and at the other a most gigantic Bible sur mounted by a Crown, indicating pretty plainly the po litico-religious tenets of these worthies. Mr. DUG DALE, Member for one of the districts of Warwick shire occupied the chair, though he seems to have done little else, with the exception of a very short opening , speech, which yet'was long enough to show the hy pocrisy of Toryism. On proposing the health of the QUEEN, this person had the unblushing impudence to launch out into a strain of supplication for the health and preservation of her MAJESTY, when all the world knows that there is nothing which the Tories so ar dently pray for in their hearts as the speedy accession of the next heir to the throne, their trusty and well-be loved Grand Master of Orange-lodge notoriety. Lord SANDON did not seem exactly to know what to do, or indeed what to say, but very sagely informed the meeting that in the present state of their affairs his only anchor of hope was the " increasing attachment to the National Church ! ! I" OLD GLORY, who had been specially engaged by the Secretary for this exhibition, was received, it is stated, with " great enthusiasm." A more lamentable specimen of imbecile twaddle than that which fell from the renegade Baronet on this occasion it has never been our lot to peruse. As usual, the staple of the commo dity was misrepresentation and abuse of Mr. O'CoN NELL and the Irish people. There is an unquench able enmity rankling in the old man's heart against O'CONNELL ever since his own star began to sink in the horizon, and that of his rival to rise in the ascen dant. It seems to be the only feeling that has survived the wreck of his faculties, and that will follow him to the grave. The part of his speech which was not directed against O'CoNNELL, was made up almost entirely of long extracts which he read from a late pam phlet addressed to the QUEEN, and which he pretended to criticise, apparently not much to the satisfaction of his hearers. This, we think, will be among the last of this poor driveller's displays. He is to all intents and purposes " faded." The gloss has even gone off from his apostacy, so that there is nothing in or about him, which can in any one way interest the public. This last failure will lay him for ever on the shelf. The Madrid Papers of the 12th announce the appointment of ESPARTERO to the command of the Royal Guards. Better make this man Regent at once, since he has now the power of the Kingdom in his own hands. The New Cabinet cannot so much as breathe but by his permission. The Chambers sat on the 11th, but nothing was said or done of any im portance. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have been re ceived. M. DuPIN has been re-elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. The first scrutiny was de clared at half -past three on Wednesday, when 371 votes were given. They ran thus :—DurrN 172 ; PASSY 143 ; DUCIIATEL 50; TESTE 1 ; NOGARET 1 ; SAPEY 2; null 2. None of the candidates having the requisite number of votes, a second scrutiny took place at five o'clock, when the final numbers were -180 13 DuPIN.. PASSY... A chan ge o f Mi n i stry , or at b est a coalition, is already talked of. TIMERS, GUIZOT, and ODILLON BARROT are mentioned as candidates for office. Never were the elements for the formation of a healthy coalition more discordant. We are happy to state that the latest accounts of the health of the Duchess of WUR‘TEMBERG are fa vourable. A petition t o t h e Ch am b ers i s prepare d i n Par i s, praying interposition in favour of Belgium. It has al ready received 300 signatures. The Spanish refugees arc fast returning to their own country from France. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, DECEMBRR 19 Five per Cents., 109 f. 35c 80c. f3oc. 55c Latest Prices-109f. 83c. Four per Cents., 10If. 90c. I hree per Cents., 78f. 97,c. 7 f. 5c Ditto rt ente de Naples, 99f. 98f. 95c. 93c 9Sf. Roman Five per Cents., 1003 i Ditto 100% Spanish Actives, 16. Belgian Five per Cents., 99%. • • Belgian Three per Cents., 69f. 50e. Belgian Bank, 630 f. 490 f. 550 f. 5601 Hayuan Loan,L4o f. 395 f. 390 f. EICOANOR ON LONDON.— )ne month, paper„'2sf. 25c.; money, 25f. 25c; T. months, paper, 251. 10c ; money, 2.5 f. 100. 70f. 30c. Ditto 99% Ditto 570 f. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals consist of a small quantity of English Wheat and Oats, good of Barley, fair of Irish Oats and Fo reign Wheat, and moderate of Flour. There has been little doing in the Wheat trade to-day, and Monday's prices have been obtained for the lots that met sale. Barley is unchanged. Beans and Peas continue as last reported. Oats firm, and good parcels rather dearer. The trade for Flour was fair this week at former rates. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Flour. 3,070 qrs. 6,590 qrs. 1,490 qrs. I 5,950 sacks English Foreign 9,88) 1 - I SI , IITHFIEL D. - brls. Owing to the trade having supplied itself last Monday, to day it was not brisk, and nearly all desriptions of meat de clined 2d. to 4d. per stone on that day's prices. The supply was much larger than the demand. Beef 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; prime 4s. Bd. ; Mutton 3s. 10d. to 4s. 10d. ; prime ss. 4d. ; Veal ss. to 6s. ; Pork 4s. 6d. to 53. 6d. Beasts 960—Sheep 2,l62—Pigs 433 2 —Calves 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. To-day there was a very large supply of Cod in particular. Turbot, 7s. to 21s. and 2.53. ; Soles, 6d. to 2s. 6d. and 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each ; Whiting, 3d. to 6d. each; Haddock, 6d. to ls. each. THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. s i n,—A great outcry is made as to the inefficiency of our Navy—whether any just reasons exist for the same I am not able to judge. That our naval estimates are large enough to give it efficiency few will deny who are not directly interested in the matter, and that the system by which our seamen have been hitherto obtained in seasons of naval emerg encyis improper, will also not b e d en i e d. N ow as our force is extensively kept up for the protection of our commerce, could not some such plan as the following be adopted : The Government to allow to each of our merchant ves sels, according to the tonnage, a certain number of regular sailors, with a responsible officer at their head. A portion of the expenses to be borne by the owners, and a part by the State. Thus should we ever have a powerful force in activeservice, and a large one ever in our ports ready when necessity re quircd,to have a portion drafted off to our ships of war. This would ultimately have the effect of greatly lessening the n umber of commissioned officers, and consequently would lead to a reducing of our naval estimates. The greatest difficulty (except that which would be offered on political grounds) would be the different discipline and other arrangements of the captains of these vessels, but these could be easily overcome if set about in a right spirit. If some such plan as this is thought by you practicable, give it publicity in your estimable journal —_a journal which has ever been the advocate of our country's best safeguard— co 112 merce. Your constant reader, Lincoln, Dec.lB. N. A. T. The Viscountess de Mortemart has just died at Paris, at the early age of twenty-six. She was the daugh ter of Prince Francis Aldobrandini Bo rg h ese , w h o marr i e d i n 1809 Mademoiselle de la Rochefoucault. The Ladies St. Maur have postponed their visit to Brighton through indisposition. Lady Rendlesham and the Hon. Miss Thellusson arrived, early in the month, at Florence, from Rome. They arc now on a visit to Mr. Arthur Thellusson, and intend to return home the second week in January. Sir Bethel Codrington will entertain a party at Dod dington Castle during the holidays. We regret that we are unable to report any im provement in the health of Mrs. Carr, the lady of our res pected Diocesan ; we understand that she lies in the same hopeless and desponding state, and that great doubts are entertained as to her recovery.-11 1 ercester Paper. Mr. Spencer d'Horsay will leave town to-morrow for the Marquis of Hertford's hunting-lodge, Sudbourne Hall, in Suffolk, where a party of sporting gentlemen will meet early in the new year. We regret to learn that Dr. Birkbeck is danger ously ill. Count d'Alegre is about to be married to Made miselle de Boissy. This marriage will unite a part of the immense fortunes of the Marquis d'Alegre and the Marquis de Boissy, two of the wealthiest men in France. The Master of Grant has given the very handsome sum of twenty pounds, in aid of the church now building at Fort William.—Edinburgh Courant. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House at three o'clock, P.M., yesterday. The Antwerp Company's steam-ships Antwerp and Bruges arrived yesterday morning off the Tower ; the former from Antwerp, the latter from Ostend. MUNICH, DEC. 14.—Field-Marshal Prince Wrede is no more. He died at Ellingen on the night of the lath, in the 72d year of his age. The news of his death, though not unexpected, causes great regret here. June and De cember have deprived Bavaria of two of its most eminent men.__Monteglas and Wrede. BRUSSELS, DEC. B.—The average prices of Wheat and Rye in the week ending Saturday, 15, were—Wheat, 25f. 14c. ; Rye, 15f. 9c. per hectolitre. Both are exempt from import duty, and the exportation of Wheat is prohi bited. 'lle creditors of the Bank of Belgium had a general meeting this morning at the Town Hall. It was agreed to give the Bank a delay of three months to resume its pay ments.—lndceendent, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 20.—Wind S. E., moderate.—Came down from the River and remain, the Lucretia, Scott, from Sydney; Mary Ann, Marshall, Hobart Town; Ranger, Dring, Africa; Belamont, Ford, Demerara ; Australia, Forrester, Liverpool ; Diamond, Connell, Santa Martha; Sophia Pope, Harrison, Cuxhaven. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20. —Wind S. to S. S. W.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Pearl, from Bermuda—sailed 25th ult. ; Jane, Cork ; Francis and Charlotte, Duck, Waterford. Sailed the A von, Finlay, from Scaham. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 20. —NI Ind S. S. W.—Arrived the Bro. thers, Thomas, from Swansea ; Freres, Urnis; Frebert, St. Gilles; Levis, Gay, Vernmontein ; Calvactos, Grellin. Ralunt. FALMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Wind S. S. E. to S. S. W., strong breezes and squally weather.—Arrived the Lord Melville packet, Lieut. Webb, from Jamaica—sailed Nov. 14, on freight 105,000 dollars; Patriot, Tergne, Cadiz—sailed Nov. 25. Put back, the Turk, Penton, from St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20. —Wind N. N. \V.—Arrived the Esther, Pickering, from Calcutta ; sailed Aug. 19, and St. Helena Oct. 27; transport Ludlow, do. ; Archer, Braith waite, Savanilla ; Goodman, St. John's, N. B. ; Europe, Eyles, do. ; Quebec, Pye, do. ; British Queen, Dudney, do.; St. Patrick, Larmon, do. ; Queen Victoria, Davidson, Mira michi ; Achcon, Fielding, do. ; Ann Paley, Lisbon ; Lynx, Forsyth, do. , Oporto, Smith, Oporto ; Lion, Gottenburg. Sailed the England, Waite, for New York; China, Lamour, Charleston ; Cheshire, Gater, Barbadoes. RAMSGATE, DEC. 20. —Arrived the Argo, Hood, from Riga; Triton, Stenberg, Antwerp; Gretree, do. ; M'Cast, St. David's. Sailed Urania, Broderson, Elsinore. DOVER, DEC. 20.—Sailed the Gotha, King, for Hamburg. COWES, DEC. 20.—Arrived Mary, Talk, from Rio Janeiro. DUBLIN, DEC. 18. —Arrived the Brown, Gray, from Mi ramichi : Devonshire and London, Auguste, Ostend. HULL, DEC. 20.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Neptunus, from Amsterdam ; Bernard Elise, Nester, ditto; Laura, Lawson, Rotterdam. PENZANCE, DEC. 12.—Arrived off, the Stork, Gulls, from Newfoundland; Jan Putres Kom Boen, Batavia. MILFORD, DEC. 18.—Arrived the Robert, Pratt, Llanelly. KINGSTOWN, DEC. 19.—Arrrived the Sovereign, Grant, from Woolwich, for Barbadoes ; Hebe, Warren, Liverpo)l. V ESSELS SPOKEN WITEI.—The Royal William steamer, from Liverpool to New York, 17th inst., eleven miles S. S. W. of Cape Clear; Dorothy, Gales, from Calcutta to Liverpool, 25th ult., lat. 55, by the E s th er , Bik eway , arr i ve d at Liver pool. he Brander, Wroose, from New Orleans to the Clyde, under jury -masts, having been dismasted on the 24th ult. near Bermuda, 17th inst., lat. 50, long. 12, by the Lysander, Currie, arrived at Liverpool. The Tiger steamer, arrived from Hamburg, left the Elbe on Tuesday, with a large fleet, for Hull. The Eden, Robertson, from Miratnichi to Newport, has put into Penzance leaky, and with loss of boats, bulwarks, sails, and deck load, in lat. 51., long. 15., passed some float ing timber. A new ship, on her first voyage (name unknown), from St. Jago da Cuba, for Swansea, with copper ore, was on shore on the Hogstics. Passed Lord Melville packet, which vessel passed, on the 14th Dec., in lat. 47. 20. N., long. 19. 55. W., the barque China, of St. John's. New Brunswick, water. logged and abandoned, spars standing, sails blown from the yards, and boats gone. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S . CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning—French and Ostend mails, also a mail from Jamaica, sailed on the 14th of November by the Lord Melville. Ship letters from Newfoundland, Bermuda, New Brunswick, and Canton, Calcutta, July 17. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF THURSDAY.—" We have again to report a good demand for Cotton ; the sales have been to day 7,000 or 8,000 bags, and yesterday's prices have been fully maintained." The Royal William steamer, which sailed hence for New York on the 15th inst., was spoken by the Trusty from Pictou, arrived at Cork on the 17th inst. A.m., Cape Clear N. W., distant 11 miles. The following has been posted in the Commercial Room : ( Copy) Downing-street, Sept. 23. Sir-1 am directed by Lord Glenelg, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, on the subject of an Act of the Legislature of Jamaica, imposing a duty on British manufactured goods imported into that island. Lord Glenelg directs me to acquaint you, that the Act in question has for some time been under the consideration of the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury, and the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for trade, and that on receipt of your letter his Lordship has requested the immediate attention of those de partments of the Government to the subject. " J. STEPHENS. " Lewis Lucas, Esq., Finsbury-square." We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. " The creditors of the Belgian Bank:had a meeting this day, which terminated in a temporary extension of three months. From the result of the communication it appears that the :position of the creditors appeared certain, but that the proprietors' was doubtful." The only important arrival this morning is that from Ja maica, bringing the dissolution of the Assembly by his Ex cellency the Governor ; and the new elections have already commenced. THE FUND!. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quotations of yesterday, 931 i for the Account, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, GI 63 ; Bank Stock, 202 k 203; India Stock, 262 263. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, rather heavy, closed at 16k k, at present 16k ;4; Portuguese same as they left off, 28k 29 ; Three per Cents., 18f 19; Belgian much the same as they closed at, 98} to 99 ; Brazilian, 761 77k ; Colombian, 253- 26 ; Mexican, 22f 23; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at the leaving off price, 541 .; Five per Cents., looft R. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2'214 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 92.34 3 j Ditto Bonds 6l (13 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3;4 per Cent 10.)14 Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 100 1 4 100 14 New Ditto New 3(4 per Cent 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto &JO Jan. 5, 1860 l4 Ditto Small ((3 65 pm Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 186(1 — Ditto Advertised ... ...... pm. Jan. 5, IE4BI — Bank Stock for Account — April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 9374 '%,, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 77 6 Ditto Accoun` — Buenos Ayres Bonds " Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account _Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tto Account Prussian Bonds — Russian Bonds, 1822 lllY,i Ditto Account Ditto Metallic.. Spanish Bonds.. . Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1834 1 6 14N Ditto Account. I6M4 French, 5 per cent, f. —c. 4 per cent. 3 per cent. — f —c. Exchange. —f. —c. Dutch, 2% per cent.. 54. Ditto Account 54X Ii Ditto, 5 per cent lO 3 Ditto Account 1 uON S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Shale. British Iron Comp an y GBristol and Ex e t er R a il way C om p a ny 2O 11 65 75% reat Western R a il way C om p an y ... ....... 14 1 1 4% Brighton Railway 7 4 I..ondon and Bla c k wa ll R a il way 9 6% London and Birmingham Railn ay Company 9O 165 London and Southampton (New) Railway .O 39% NJrth Midla n d R ailway Company 55 55% 25 29 Colonial Bank Columbian Bonds 23 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 25 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cur — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THE BELGIAN I. UNDS—Batissias, DEc. 19. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan 5 per Cent 9O Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ...... 3 per Cent. ..... .... Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Society of Commerce, 4y4per Cent. l3/ —Brussels Papers, Dec. 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vinuris, DEC. 11. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lOO Three per Cents. Bank Sharsatia —4l l gemein ung, Dec. 16. HALF-PAST ONE. No further arrivals rom any quarter to the present h ou r. Ai Since the early part of the morning the British Market bas rather improved, and Consols have been done at 93j Buyers and for the Account. The Government broker purchased about six thousand Reduced at 92k. The uneasiness which prevailed yesterday respecting the failure of the Belgian Bank has now subsided, as it is ascertained that the creditors will be paid. Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, 61 63; Bank Stock, 202 k. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, a shade better, 161 i ; Portuguese , 28i 29 ; Three per Cents., 18f 19 ; Brazilian lower, 76 77 ; Belgian 98i 99 ; Mexican, 22i 23 ; Colombian, 25 1 , i ; Dutch a shade higher, Two and a Half per Cents., 54i 55 ; Five per Cents., 100 i 101. In Shares some business doing. Great Western, 10} pre mium ; Brighton, 3i discount. 7' If It.E.E 0' CL 0 CIE Consols for the Accoant, 93j. A meeting of the committee of that charitable insti tution, the Refuge for the Houseless Poor, was held at the Mansion-house yesterday, when it appears there exists no necessity at present of opening the asylum. A long discus sion ensued as to the expediency of delegating to the house committee the power of opening it when they should see oc casion. The proposition was resisted, on the ground that it was throwing too great a responsibility on a few indivi duals, and that it w as unnecessary , as a general committee could at any time be summoned to decide upon the matter. Ultimately it was ag reed that a general meeting of sub scribers should he held in January, when a report would be submitted for their consideration. Dr. Conquest strongly censured the mode in which the charity is at present managed, as tending by its indiscriminate admis sion into the asylum of persons labouring under disease and of disreputable character, to spread abroad evils both physical and moral, and attracting to the City from all quarters of the metropolis, and even from distant parts of the kingdom, the idle and dissolute, who thus bad their wants supplied, without reference to their real condition. We have seen, within the last few days, a circular containing a prospectus of a plan for opening and main taining a regu l ar communication by steam b etw i xt Li ver p oo l and the different West India Islands.—Liverpoq'ilibion. Iv*, CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAV.4 - ku_ ro ius4..ra OLD COURT. FRAUD. --Louisa Colbccl was indicted for obtaining by fraudulent means the sum of seven shillings and sixpence, (the amount of the carr iage of a fictitious parcel), from a Mr. Law rence an attorney. She was found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. Henry Brown was indicted for stealing a brooch, an um brella, a pair of boots, and sundry articles of female apparel of the value of 31., the property of Mary Jameson. The prosecutrix stated that she lives in the New-road, Mile-eud. Early in the present month the prisoner was em ployed to remove her goods from her former lodgings, and he came to her house to do some jobs afterwards. One day she went out from home, and on her return she found her box broken open, and a variety of articles missing. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, he having been seen to enter her apart ment by means of false keys. The theft having been proved, the Jury found the prisoner guilty. In . conscquence of the conduct of the prisoner subsequent to the theft, the Court treated the prisoner leniently, and sentenced him to only three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour. FIRE IN WHI FECHAPEL. A fire broke out last night, and continued to rage with great violence. The extensive Sugar Refining establishment of Messrs. Frederick Bowen and Son, on the south side of Duncan _street, was reduced to ashes. The heat was so in.. tense, that the opposite premises, the property of Messrs. Craven and Lucas, sugar refiners, were several times in jeopardy, and it required the utmost exertions of the firemen to prevent the buildings from taking fire. This morning as immense assemblage of persons blocked up the streets and avenues leading to the scene of destruction. We arc happy to state from good authority the amount of damage stated in the different Morning Papers is incorrect, t.ni does not exceed 30,0001, which is insured. The exer tions of Mr. Braichso-id and his men cannot be too highly praised. . _ The whole of Mrs. Frederick Bowen and Son's premises, c nsisting of a long range of buildings four stores high, and situated on the south side of Duncan-street, are totally con sumed. The sugar-house belonging to Messrs. Craven and Lucas, immediately opposite, was damaged. Another large sugar factory in Half-moon-alley, opposite the western angle of the one burnt down, and also the property of Messrs. Bowen and Son are greatly damaged, particularly the front of the building and contents by water. Several houses in Alie street, Goodman's fields, at the back of the fire, greatly damaged by fire and water. Greater portion of the property destroyed and damaged is insured in the Sun. Phoenix, Imperial, Scot tish Union, and Royal Exchange Fire-offices. The means adopted to prevent the loss of life or accidents, were judicious. Two of the Brigade were placed on the build ings adjoining, to give the alarm when they observed the walls to totter, which they did, but such was its suddenness, that two of the brigade had a most miraculous escape. A stranger, however, who had approached too near, was knocked down, and a portion of the front wall fell on him. He was speedily dug out, and taken to the hospital, where he now re mains in a dangerous state. The fire commenced in the lump room, and was discovered by one of the workmen employed on the premises. The en gines were still playing on the ruins when our Reporter left. AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. (From a New York Paper.) The importance of the position which this great country is destined to occupy, in a few years, is incalculable. If proper attention be paid to the development of our manu facturing resources, with our immense supplies of the raw material, cotton, silk, wool, iron, and other metals, &c., our railroad and steam-engine facilities, and immense water power, this country can surpass all others on the globe com bined. Let us state some of our resources. We raise nearly two millions of bales of cotton every year ; ten millions of dol lars are invested in producing and manufacturing silk ; thirty millions of dollars are already invested in our woollen ma nufactures ; two hundred and seventy millions are invested in sheep and lambs, connected with the woollen trade ; and we have, at least, sixty millions of dollars invested in the cotton manufactures alone. In the respective branches of manufactures here named, are employed the number of persons and amount of capital named in connection with the business : Manufactures. Capital Invested. Persons Dollars. employed. Cotton 60,000,000 Woollen Silk 4,000,000 Fur Combs Saws Saw-mills Grates and stoves Pocket-books Perfumery Brushes German silver 20,000 Scale beams Cloth caps Lamps 300,000 Iron safes Steam-engines Linen 30,000 10,000 1,000,000 2,360,000 50,000 10,000 20,000 4,000,000 . 100,000 10,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 500,000 lery l,OOO 000 . 20,000 800,000 150,000 1,850,000 600,000 400,000 Porcelain teeth Gold arid silver bronze Confectionary Glass Tapestry paper Block letters Composition (architectural) Neck stocks Fire engines Manifold writers.. Carriages Cotton presses Artificial flowers Harness and saddlery Scaling wax ..... Pianofortes Organs Bookbinding Trusses Screws Total 143,680,000 171,813 These are but a few of the facts which we intend to collect and arrange for the information of our numerous American and European readers ; and, in a day or two, we shall draw a comparison between the present state of our manufactures in this country and those in England ; so that data, or a starting point, may be formed, by which we can trace the progress of our manufactures hereafter. The importance of this subject cannot be conceived, un til it is fairly grappled with, and thoroughly investigated ; the cotton manufactures alone made England the great country which she now is ; and, the year preceding the pres sure in the money market here, our cotton manufactures amounted to fifty millions of dollars, according to a very accu rate calculation. In 1836, we exported three millions of domestic goods ; and, next year, it is fairly estimated that we shall export at least five millions. We have now in ope ration in this country over 1,000 cotton manufactories, and, in the course of ten years, it is not too much to expect that we may have 10,000 in operation. Four years ago, England exp or t e d manu f actured cotton goods to the value of 100,000,000 dollars annually, or 20,513,5861. Can we wonder then at her importance in the scale of nations ? and what is to prevent this country, in progress of time, from exporting as great a value of do mestic cotton goods ? We have the raw material, the iron, the coal, the labour, talent, and industry to do it. It may not be uninteresting to state those countries which consume the bulk of the cotton goods manufactured in England. Of the 100 millions of dollars' worth exported by that country in 1834, the following quantities were im ported by the countries respectively named ; Dollars. I Germany Holland Italy United States Brazil East Indies Russia Turkey 4,500,000 Portugal West Indies Cuba...,, 2,500,000 I 89,570,000 By this table we see that ten countries, to all of which we trade, consume annually 90 millions of dollars' worth of British manufactured cotton goods ; that is, nine-tenths of all that they export. This table must, we think, open the eyes of every reflecting person to the immense importance of this subject as connected with the prosperity and ad vancement of the United States in the scale of nations. Dollars. Chili States of Rio de la Plate 2,000,000 Spice Islands Gibraltar Canada 1,000,000 St. Domingo 1,000,000 China France ...- 750,000 The King of Bavaria has received, as a present from the Emperor of Russia, a Vase of Malachite, of extra ordinary beauty and size, being twelve feet high with the pedestal. Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, as we learn from Munich, has the intention of publishing a Journal of his Tour in the East, illustrated by interesting lithographic en gravings. Prince Pierre Napoleon has taken up his winter residence at the Ferme de Mohimont, near Ham, in Lux. emburgh._ The Earl and Countess of Warwick have been receiving a select circle of friends at Warwick Castle. The Earl and Countess of Hillsborough and the Earl of Mex. borough have been among the guests. The Earl FitzwilliaTin will display his accustomed hospitality at Wentworth Castle during the whole of the approaching Christmas. - The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere is staying at Paris. ~~ ` ~ f ,~ F G % i Th